The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-16
Meeting at the Court House This
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS From
all Parts of The
State.
Matters of Importance Transact
ed and Interesting Speeches
Made-The Program
as Carried Out.

GAYS WAS lSudiiLcu " q WCSlnS lhIo
morning in the court house of the
State Assembly of Knights of Labor
composed of representatives from all
parts of the state. Prominent among
those in attendance are:
State Master Workman NJ. j.
Rarchford and State Recording Sec
rotary John Gladhill, of st. Louis !;
III. Martin Williams, John T. Glad
hill, of Boonville; Chas. Deere, of
Boonville, and various others whose
names could not be learned. The
labor conference met at the court
house shortly after 10 o'clock.
The meeting was called to order by
Committeeman Nolan.
On motion Mr.. Bovard, of St.
Louis, was chosen temporary chair
man and the following speech was
made by that gentleman
Gentlemen of the Sedalia confer
ence, it is a pleasure for me to be
able to appear before you to-day. We
are gathered here for the purpose to
effect a political party and to garner
the seed of a movement sown years
ago. 1t is our duty to properly Gull
tivate that seed aud We must takea
wise action here in all that is done
for the purpose of lettering our Or
ganization throughout the state.
Let us make no mistake, but make
clean shave of any political party.
Ny voice will ever be raised in
advocation of a straight ticket in the
coming election, and unless We do this
we can never hope for success" At
the conclusion of Mr.. Bovard's re-
MAI ks Mr.. w. F. Sargent associate
editor of the Grange and Labor Union
was appointed temporary secretary.
A committee composed of the follow
ing gentlemen were chosen as a COM
mittee on credentials: District No.
5, d. M. Sterner, of jackson I; No. 6,
j. b. Hedged, Sedalia No. z,
ID. NJ. Sullivan, Montgomery No. 8,
Charles Nolan, St. Louis; No. 8,
Mortimer d. Shaw, st. Louis No.
10, j. B. Heffner Testers F; No. II, B.
Mccoy; No. Is, ID. M. COwan,
Christian county.
Considerable discussion as to who
would be eligible to a seat in the con-
vention arose. and various remarks
were made relative to the same.
In reference to being afraid of either
the republican or democratic party,
the following remarks were made by
w. ID. Shaw, agent of the United
Press association
81 am not afraid of an honest DEM
ocrat or an honest republican, nor am
/ afraid of republican or democratic
trickster getting into our ranks and
thwarting our movements at success
during this convention.
Another delegate said: "It has
been the purpose of the Democrat
and Republican parties to place man
within our meetings for the purpose
of thwarting our movement and head.
way" At II o'clock a recess of fifteen
minutes was taken.
After the recess the committee on
credentials reported the names of
those who were proper delegates. A
committee on permanent organization
and resolutions were appointed. The
conference then adjourned to meet in
permanent session at 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
At 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon the meeting was called to order
and it was evident that there was GO
ing to be division of opinion. 1t
came at last when one of the mem.
bers made a motion to put Henry
George plank into the platform.
Warm debates ensued and the motion
to reconsider was laid upon the table.
The appointment of state COM
mittee men was INDUCED in,
after which the meeting adjourn
ed to meet at the court house
at 7:30 o'clock in the evening. The
Sedalia band had been engaged and
opened the exercises with "Dixie" and
Marching through Georgia" The
chairman then introduced the first
speaker, MIR. M. j. Ratchford of st.
Louis, who arose and said (:
t'Ladies and gentlemen 1T is
pleasure for me to
speak to as an intelligent
audience this evening. But a few
years ago came to your city and
found it all hustle and excitement. l
met men in your streets who were
taking sides with the Knights of
Labor, while others we're against
them. A no more fitting place could
have been selected than Sedalia,
for here is where the great fight be-
tween capital and labor occurred. 1t is